Since 2006, Microsoft has been bundling the PowerShell command-line shell that administrators can use to manage their computers and other computers on a network.

Scripting is often seen as something only IT admins do to lengthen their coffee breaks, but home users can benefit from ...

With the Terminal, Windows has a common interface for Powershell, Command Prompt, and Azure Cloud Shell. This allows you to start the terminal directly with the command prompt.

Command Prompt and Windows PowerShell are also simple and built-in options covered in this post for this purpose. We have already seen how to open a file or folder using Command Prompt or PowerShell.

You can launch multiple tabs with different windows, choose whether to open a traditional command prompt or a PowerShell window, and customize the look and functionality of the terminal window.

Method 2: Open Elevated Command Prompt via Power User Menu Opening an elevated command prompt using Power User menu is applicable to Windows 8 or Windows 10 only and not available on older versions.

You can accomplish this by using the Start-Sleep command. This command simply forces PowerShell to wait for a specified amount of time before executing the next command in the script.